November 24, 2010

Generosity, Trussed

Peter Wood

Peter Wood warns about the damage that “greenlining” activists can do to American philanthropy.

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November 23, 2010

More Higher Education for More People: Good for the Country?

Ashley Thorne

Do we finally have a national higher education agenda in the U.S.? Inside Higher Ed suggests we're close. The "now widely held view that the country must in the next 10-15 years significantly incr......

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November 23, 2010

Lessons from a Professional Paper-Writer

Ashley Thorne

Last week the Chronicle of Higher Education published one of the most disturbing articles on higher ed I have ever read. The author, writing under the pseudonym Ed Dante, is a man paid by student......

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November 23, 2010

Another Dissent on the Idea that Economic Growth Depends on Having More College Grads

George Leef

In this LA Times op-ed, economics professor Shirley Svorny (Cal State Northridge) argues against the idea that if a state puts more kids through college, that will provide it with an economic boost.......

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November 23, 2010

Collegiate Press Roundup 11-23-10

Glenn Ricketts

Student journalists take the measure of campus anti-smoking policies, graduation rates for football players and due process rights for accused terrorists.

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November 23, 2010

The Other Danger...Scholasticism in Academic Research

Lawrence M. Mead

Researchers have narrowed their focus to the point of irrelevance in the real world, writes Prof. Lawrence Mead. In this article, which appeared in the winter issue of Academic Questions (vol. 23, no.......

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November 22, 2010

Are Universities Our "Engines of Innovation"?

George Leef

UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp recently published a book in which he maintains that universities are the country's "engines of innovation." In today's Pope Center article, however, Jay Schalin ru......

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November 22, 2010

UCSD Prof Gains Tenure Aiding Illegal Aliens

Mitchell Langbert

This video (h/t The Blaze) excerpts interviews of two UCSD professors, Micha Cardenas and Ricardo Dominguez, who advocate the dissolution of the United States. Professor Dominguez states that he won......

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November 22, 2010

Media Rush to Defend LSU "Blood Will Be on Your Hands" Prof

Ashley Thorne

It is what it looks like - a video shows an astronomy professor ranting in class about global warming and attempting to humiliate students who disagree with him.

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November 19, 2010

NAS Tennessee Affiliate Head Elected to State Senate

Ashley Thorne

Cross-posted from NAS.org Congratulations to Jim Summerville, who was elected to the Tennessee state Senate on November 2, beating incumbent Doug Jackson in a surprise upset. He has been t......

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